Neural representation of goal direction in the monarch butterfly brain
bioRxiv, 2022 Neural processing of a navigational goal requires the continuous comparison between the current heading and the intended goal direction. While the neural basis underlying the current heading is well-studied in insects, the coding of the goal direction is
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Native Habitats for Monarch Butterflies in South Florida
EDIS, 2009 WEC266, a 5-page illustrated fact sheet by Rebecca G. Harvey, Patricia L. Howell, Carol Morgenstern, and Frank J. Mazzotti, describes the unique migration of the monarch butterfly, an “endangered natural phenomenon,” the monarch population in Florida ...
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Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 2022 Introduction Among long-distance migratory insects, the monarch butterfly (Danaus plexippus) is one of the most iconic, whose journey is fueled by nectar from flowering plants along the migratory route which may involve up to 3,500 km.
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Mitochondrial DNA Variation in Monarch Butterflies [PDF]
Evolution, 1991 The natural history and ecology of the monarch butterfly (Danaus plexippus L.) have been studied extensively (Ackery and Vane-Wright, 1984). The nearly cosmopolitan monarch is best known for the massive migration undertaken each autumn by North American populations.
T. M. Boyce, Andrew V. Z. Brower
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Photoperiodic and clock regulation of the vitamin A pathway in the brain mediates seasonal responsiveness in the monarch butterfly. [PDF]
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A, 2019 Iiams SE +4 more
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Monarch butterfly and milkweed declines substantially predate the use of genetically modified crops. [PDF]
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A, 2019 Boyle JH, Dalgleish HJ, Puzey JR.
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MonarchBase: the monarch butterfly genome database [PDF]
Nucleic Acids Research, 2012 The monarch butterfly (Danaus plexippus) is emerging as a model organism to study the mechanisms of circadian clocks and animal navigation, and the genetic underpinnings of long-distance migration. The initial assembly of the monarch genome was released in 2011, and the biological interpretation of the genome focused on the butterfly's migration ...
Zhan, Shuai, Reppert, Steven M.
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Two Observations of Predation on Lepidoptera [PDF]
, 2017 (excerpt) During the early afternoon of 25 August, 1977, a large European mantid, Mantis religiosa Linnaeus, was observed feeding on an adult male monarch butterfly, Donaus p.
Leeuw, Irwin
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Spatio-Temporal Distribution of Monarch Butterflies Along Their Migratory Route
Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 2019 Efforts to conserve the migratory phenomenon of monarch butterflies in eastern North America have increased since a 2013–2014 monitoring report documenting a historical population low at the Monarch Butterfly Biosphere Reserve in Mexico.
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Notes on Shifting Distribution Patterns and Survival of Immature \u3ci\u3eDanaus Plexippus\u3c/i\u3e (Lepidoptera: Danaidae) on the Food Plant \u3ci\u3eAsclepias Syriaca\u3c/i\u3e [PDF]
, 2017 Abundance and distribution of immature stages of the monarch butterfly, Danaus plexippus, on the food plant Asclepias syriaca were examined at a site in southeastern Wisconsin over one growing season.
Borkin, Susan Sullivan
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